bill gibbons

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Q: will apple ever support blue tooth 4

will apple ever support blue tooth 4

MacBook Pro, iOS 7.0.5, 2 sticks of2gig ram dasiy wheel all

Posted on Oct 23, 2014 9:29 AM

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Q: will apple ever support blue tooth 4

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by ckuan,

ckuan Oct 23, 2014 9:36 AM in response to bill gibbons
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Oct 23, 2014 9:36 AM in response to bill gibbons

See BT profiles:
iOS: Supported Bluetooth profiles
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by Phil0124,

Phil0124 Oct 23, 2014 9:45 AM in response to bill gibbons
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Oct 23, 2014 9:45 AM in response to bill gibbons

Yes.

The iPhone 6 features a Bluetooth 4.0 chip.
The New MacBook Pro features a Bluetooth 4.0 chip.
The new Mac Mini features a Bluetooth 4.0 chip.

etc...
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by bill gibbons,

bill gibbons Oct 23, 2014 10:03 AM in response to Phil0124
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Oct 23, 2014 10:03 AM in response to Phil0124

I have older macs
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by Allan Eckert,

Allan Eckert Oct 23, 2014 10:05 AM in response to bill gibbons
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Oct 23, 2014 10:05 AM in response to bill gibbons

Older Mac will not support it.
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by ckuan,Helpful

ckuan Oct 23, 2014 10:05 AM in response to bill gibbons
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Oct 23, 2014 10:05 AM in response to bill gibbons

How old is older Macs?
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by Phil0124,Helpful

Phil0124 Oct 23, 2014 11:24 AM in response to bill gibbons
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Oct 23, 2014 11:24 AM in response to bill gibbons

Then you would need to add newer hardware to your older Mac
http://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Bluetooth-Micro-Adapter-GBU521/dp/B007GFX0PY#

You cannot magically support features on hardware that was not built with them. The actual wires and chips need to have the features. You need a newer BT chip.
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